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Show en car ASS BTID rece i I SSE IIT RE OE AT 8 Ta eee ae Lad naar ah pete Wena wall. cs ma Sa : ete | ju eli SSS SS ee OES oe ~~ COURIER CLASSIFIEDS now being accepted al COPY COPY FOR ALL YOUR PRINIING NEEDS Ete 1G) O18) 4 ¢ Is Airport Expansion Goo Business or Cronyism? LDS Camp _ Advances— But church must work out City Council approves deal on new hangers, bidders have sudden monopoly differences over sewer with limber Lakes first Editors note: This is the first in an investigative series on the Heber Valley Airport expansion. TIM WESTBY COURIER STAFF DEREK JENSEN f members of the Planning Commission Ee approved the first phase of. roads, sewer and water lines for the 5,700acre camp that could handle upwards ‘of 7,500 people during the busiest Pe wo years ago Heber City sent out a request for proposal Ss regarding the long-debated municipal airport expansion. Two bids came in and with the airport advisory board’s rubber stamp, the city council chose local guy Mel McQuarrie, whose paperwork did not include amounts for his proposed hangers. Now, with some construction done and more on the way, the City Council - summer months. The camp is located oe to the Timber Lakes subdivi- sion. Of concern to Aiaber Lakes residents were fire access issues, the amount. of traffic the camp could gen- erate and the possibility of a sewer line _ PR LEE any running through the subdivision. . John Lloyd, acting chair of the signed off Uast nna ee RFs = e says its safe his word on contentious gadfly and Timber Lakes Property Owners Board member Vic Orvis, encouraged the -LDS church to build an onsite sewage treatment plant inside of running a CAMP continued on A3 the BY DEREK JENSEN final locals McQuarrie, MCM and Bing geli Rock owner, and former Fixed Base Operator owner, Dave McCoy. He said the council mad e a conscious decision to award a single group that was financially viable. “We felt like we were much better off Os with one group to con- struct them than 22 different people trying to build the hangers,” Anderson said. “We wanted to make them > uniform in appearance.” The selection came at the expense of Stan Burklund, a Long Beach, Calif. AIRPORT continued on AS Water Levels on Thin Ice as volunteers. We have to rely on the _ =. on phase of the expansion — creating, in essence, a monopoly for the developers ages ee by local tax naa ‘In a series of interviews last week with the Courier, city manager Mark Anderson explained the process behind selecting the single bid of Planning Commission, brushed aside the fire issues by saying: “We’re here experts...if the fire chief then I guess we have take that.” But the _ most exchange came when week) PHOTO The Heber Valley Airport is getting 22 new hangers; but att what price? Low Snowpack Could Reduce Use Nearly Fifty Percent KIRSTEN SHAW COURIER. STAFF enough water to irrigate, and say, ‘will I have enough water to mature a crop?’ asatch has seen a very dry winter. Again. And officials are warning that this year’s water use allotment will may be reduced nearly 50 what measures must percent.— Snowpack, taken. This is the first time the groups have met to act in a unified manner. At this time, officials do not know Water cities and meet wholesalers, water March what actions will be taken, districts 21 at but speculate landscape watering will be restricted and cities will have reduced allotted use. Sandy’s City Hall to discuss the shortage and decide be Reservoir “Central. Utah. (water managers) are probably i in the best shape of anybody because Jordanelle is not at full deliver yet. It was manage- ment is only releasing 60 percent “We to be a ply and making Ovard, built for full Ovard said. to shareholders. know there’s going reduced water supthere is no way of it up,” said David Jordan Valley Water Jonathan River Conservancy District man- whether - year use, Clegg, Provo Water _ Users POSTAL PATRON _ Presorted ¢ Standard - ager. “We only have 60 percent of normal supply, so we’re reacting to that. gatos will have to Se~ decide nearly identical to last year’s at this time: 6,145 and 5,411 elevation feet, respectively. But snowpack is low, and the: National Weather Service has forecasted below-normal precipitation. which is the measurement of water in the snow is 65 percent of normal levels. And Deer Creek Jocdancile and Deer Creek reservoir levels are ~ eae ~ ences with the Timber Lakes subdivision. On Thursday, the four present EDITOR ee Bes ~ as the church can work out differ- MANAGING al ina he Wasatch Planning Commission approved the _. first phase of the LDS Youth/Family Camp last week as long ~ Echo Reservoir's long dry spell there is _ NEW COURIER WEBSITE COMING SOON! “FILE PHOTO a U.S. Postage Paid — Heber City, UT oe Le! Permit No. 32005 MARRIOTT LIBRARY, ARCHIVES 295South 1500 East Salt Lake City, UT, 84112 tiereencirdinty pore : woe 7 |